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How to Play Hive (Spelling Bee)

Spell words from seven letters arranged in a honeycomb. Each word needs the centre letter and at least four letters in total. Proper British English throughout.

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A New Puzzle Every Day
Seven fresh letters appear each midnight UTC. Everyone worldwide tackles the same puzzle, so comparing scores with friends is easy.
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9-Level Ranking System
Climb from Beginner up to Genius, one word at a time. The further in you get, the more satisfying each new find.
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The Pangram Hunt
Somewhere in the seven letters hides a word that uses every single one. Worth 7 bonus points on top of its length - and usually the last one to drop.
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Free & No Sign-Up
Open it on any device and away you go. No account, nothing to install. Your progress saves quietly in your browser.
Game Rules
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    Every word needs at least four letters.
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    The centre letter must appear in every word.
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    Letters may be reused as often as you like.
Tips for More Points

Lead with familiar prefixes - UN-, RE-, PRE-, OUT- - pinned to the centre letter.

Mind the endings: -ING, -TION, -NESS and -ABLE often stretch into high-scoring words.

Don't overlook the short ones. Four-letter finds tot up surprisingly quickly.

Scoring
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    4-letter words: 1 point.
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    Longer words: 1 point per letter.
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    Pangram (all 7 letters): 7 bonus points.

For Every Vocabulary Level

🧒 Kids: a playful way into spelling - hunting words in a honeycomb beats rote drills any day.
🧑 Adults: five minutes of Hive shakes loose a dozen words you'd nearly forgotten.
👴 Older players: one puzzle a day, and spelling and recall quietly keep their edge.
📖 🎯 Rules & Tips

Frequently Asked Questions

Completely free. No sign-up, no card, no catches. Open the page and crack on.

A pangram uses all seven letters of the day's puzzle at least once. It nets you 7 bonus points on top of its length, and it's usually the biggest single find of the round.

A brand new set of letters goes live every midnight UTC. Everyone worldwide solves the same puzzle for 24 hours.

Yes - the layout adapts to whatever screen you're on. Phone, tablet or desktop, it all works the same.

You'll need roughly 60% of the maximum score. Long words and the pangram carry the most weight, so chase those once the easy finds run out.

The English puzzle uses the standard A-Z alphabet only. Each tile is one unique letter - no accents, no variants.

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